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Btw, you seem to be underpaid. You should be getting 300K-500K GBP total comp. Shouldn't have an issue buying a house.

I'm guessing you've just taken the average Silicon Valley salary in USD and converted it to GBP. Europe doesn't pay the same way as SV...

Not at all. Finance sector in London (especially investment banks) is an outlier.

Are you sure? 500K GBP would be 700K USD.